GUEST WANTS SHOWER CURTAIN INSTALLED.

Your house, your rules, OP, but I still don’t understand the set up.

A shower over the bath is fine. But do you have any kind of water barrier at all?

I cannot see what this woman’s size has to do with anything. I am not large at all. The only way I can keep water from splashing out of an area the size of a bathtub is by using a hand held shower whilst sitting/kneeling down in the tub. Not my favourite, though I would cope for free board during the Festival. On second thought perhaps a very large person would find this difficult?

Well I laughed and I’m not exactly svelte.
Thought Tessie was funny too.

Those saying her size is irrelevant, it obviously isn’t or OP wouldn’t have mentioned it. My guess is OP has one of those glass screens and maybe it doesn’t shut properly when her friend is in it, so leaves a gap for water to drip down. Maybe her friend wants the glass screen open and a shower curtain in its place?

If it is a bath with a handhold shower attached and with no curtain/screen, I suppose the only way to not splash too much is to sit down in a bath while showering. And this might be very uncomfortable if she fits there only tightly/not at all and have to deal with squeezing in and getting up.

If there is a convenient edge to sit on or a chance to stand there safely, she would splash a lot without some kind of shield.

I don't think it is really unreasonable to ask whether this can be improved and offering to pay for the solution, especially when there is a good chance that temporary curtain can be added without drilling

@Tartantotty she can buy a telescopic pole off Amazon, strong enough for proper curtains they are by iDesign But let the CF buy one!!!

Shower Curtain with Magnetic Hem
IDesign Telescopic pole

I dislike baths, love a shower in the morning to wake up to, freshen up and start the day, a bath with a hand shower is awkward and uncomfortable whatever size you are and it would start my day on a bad footing. Bathrooms should prioritise practical over pretty, she is not unreasonable in wanting a shower curtain, but unreasonable to demand it.

I think so too. But if real I would say a polite: No thank you. We like it as it is. And provide bathmats.

Glad you will be frank with her and say it is not possible and would spoil the look you like.

Her size is relevant to this subject- not in a judgy way, but a practical one. A curtain would not stop water going overboard, at all- and a glass partition would get in the way too.

Did you think that was funny?

This. She isn’t paying for it and needs to be grateful

She offered to pay ?!

Jesus Christ, I am glad you are not one of my friends. Nasty

This is very unfair, asking for a shower curtain to be put up is hardly remodelling a home. I would just get a telescopic one up and remove when she leaves. Cheap and easy to do.

Her size is irrelevant.

I don’t see why this is being made into such an issue.
Polite request for shower curtain.She will pay for it. Telescopic takes about 10 minutes to install.

Job done.
Why the need to go on MN to invite bitching about her ?
If she’s a friend, then surely you can sort it out between the 2 of you ?

The core question is does a screen exist?

DH wanted shower curtains even though we already have screens as he seems to be a bit of a splashy showerer, this lady may be the same.

If you're not prepared to put one up - and that's absolutely fine as it's quite rude for a guest to insist on major changes to a property - I'd message something back to say that because of layout of room it won't be possibly, but if she has a specific concern around why she needs it, can it be addressed in a different way.

But I think the bottom line is you're giving her free accommodation for a week and missing out on rental income, if the shower arrangements aren't fit for her purposes, then she needs to have a bath or go to council swim baths for her shower or some other solution.

This
It can be taken down as soon as she leaves

How does a lock prevent the water from flooding the floor?

Doesn't matter a jot what the woman's size or ops bathroom is like.

The request is cf. You don't ask people to install stuff in their houses for your visit...

Well, we do know who is BU, regardless of any of the additional information - because it is OP's house, and in any circumstance, it would be unreasonable for a guest to ask for physical changes to be made to someone else's house to suit them... It doesn't really matter what is there currently, or why the guest is asking for it.

@Tartantotty JUST tell her there is a lock on the bathroom door and there is not going to be a shower curtain!

Lots of leaping to vile comments based on zero info. Yuck

Is there a screen or is it one of those fancy la-di-da baths without any protection which means you can't wash your hair or shower without splashing everywhere?

I'm ignoring the fat shaming, but I do not like baths, just showers and i would want a screen or a curtain... otherwise on a holiday i guess i would lump it and be careful, but not such a weird preference

I think the OP set up this whole thread with the purpose of inviting fat shaming.

“Tessie” - nasty.

There is so much unnecessary meaness about a woman we know nothing about except that she is larger. Perhaps the set up in the OPs bathroom is ridiculous, we don't know because the OP won't say. Mocking this woman's weight is really school yard behaviour.